Old Style Weight Loss Challenge 2021 - 2nd Quarter

LilacPotato

Morning All,

Checking in with a 2lb loss this week. I'm busy preparing for my day of gluttony tomorrow (wedding anniversary - we don't do gifts, we just buy treat food!) so am sure it'll slow down or increase for next weeks weigh in.  Sorry Izadora about your gain - rows do the same to me - but I've cleared the house of bad things so I end up eating pickled onions or other such random things.  The cushions are plumped and we'll see you soon.

Dumpling - I read on another thread you managed the walk - great news!

I best be off, best wishes to everyone, have a good week.

Brambling

Izadora I'm just spring cleaning the wagon and plumping up the cushions 

LittleVoice

LilacPotato said:

Morning All,

Checking in with a 2lb loss this week. I'm busy preparing for my day of gluttony tomorrow (wedding anniversary - we don't do gifts, we just buy treat food!) so am sure it'll slow down or increase for next weeks weigh in.  Sorry Izadora about your gain - rows do the same to me - but I've cleared the house of bad things so I end up eating pickled onions or other such random things.  The cushions are plumped and we'll see you soon.

Dumpling - I read on another thread you managed the walk - great news!

I best be off, best wishes to everyone, have a good week.

@LilacPotato - have a really good day (and well done on the 2 lb)

This week I'm trying to average under 1650 calories.
Thursday    1583 cals     4 veg/fruit  (no crisps, cake, cream or chocolate - the C List)
Friday         1661 cals     7 veg/fruit  (crisps, one slice of cake, cream)
Saturday     1765 cals     5 veg/fruit  (cream)
Sunday       1693 cals     6 veg/fruit  (nothing from the C List)
Monday       1726 cals    7 veg/fruit  (nothing from the C List)
Tuesday      1717 cals    7 veg/fruit  (another C List free day)
     average  1691 cals   

Brambling

Well done Lilac nearly at target 👏

I'm not sure if I should share this news 🤫 but chocolate with a use by of June 2020 tastes just like chocolate 😁 emergency chocolate has been removed and eaten, it has been a stressful day 😐 as there was nothing sweet left in the house I have made flapjack this evening as tomorrow will be just as bad.  Note to self let it cool first 🥵 

tomorrow WI will not be pretty

ditty1234

Well every time I embark on a project I need to get my unconscious on board, otherwise it will fail, and it means that things take a long time - for example I cant just decide to be on a diet - I need to convince all of my self that I don't need to stuff myself and then eventually it will work. But when ever I get ill or stressed things easily gets unsnapped and fall back into old (carby) patterns. But I will prevail and I did ok yesterday and I have a nice veggie based lunch all day for today, so fingers crossed. Sorry to be boring and repetitive. Love the chariot of lost cookies though :-)

bit_by_bit

ditty1234 said:

Well every time I embark on a project I need to get my unconscious on board, otherwise it will fail, and it means that things take a long time - for example I cant just decide to be on a diet - I need to convince all of my self that I don't need to stuff myself and then eventually it will work. But when ever I get ill or stressed things easily gets unsnapped and fall back into old (carby) patterns. But I will prevail and I did ok yesterday and I have a nice veggie based lunch all day for today, so fingers crossed. Sorry to be boring and repetitive. Love the chariot of lost cookies though :-)

I am in total agreement with this @ditty1234 I have a lot on right now so have not really concentrated on weight loss as much as I wanted. I will have ane asing of the activity once I do the moonwalk on Saturday, which is taking some time and energy. After that I will start planning my eating.
Habit changing sems to be working though. So some progress.

Izadora

Good Afternoon All,

Lilac Potato Happy anniversary and I hope you enjoy your meal out tonight. I did chuckle at the idea of you rage eating a pickled onion

Brambling I love the wagon of lost treats!!   Chocolate that's past its use by date? Sorry, I'm not sure I understand the concept. Sorry yesterday was stressy and I hope that today's less rubbish than anticipated.

LittleVoice Well done, that's a lot of C List-free days in a row.

ditty I totally get where you're coming from. Sticking to the bits I'm actively thinking about is much easier than changing unconscious habits. And there's no need to apologise, you're not being boring and repetitive and do whatever you need to do.

bit_by_bit I find that dieting takes a lot of mental energy so when you've got a lot on it's not surprising that you can't concentrate on it as much as you'd like. Best of luck for the moonwalk.

We had a joyous email from work yesterday, stating that they want us back in the office two days a week from 21st June, which threw me a bit off track but I'm ever hopeful that the fear of having nothing to wear might spur me on for the next few weeks

Best of luck and stay safe everyone xx

LittleVoice

This week I tried to average under 1650 calories.
Thursday     1583 cals     4 veg/fruit  (no crisps, cake, cream or chocolate - the C List)
Friday          1661 cals     7 veg/fruit  (crisps, one slice of cake, cream)
Saturday      1765 cals     5 veg/fruit  (cream)
Sunday        1693 cals     6 veg/fruit  (nothing from the C List)
Monday        1726 cals    7 veg/fruit  (nothing from the C List)
Tuesday       1717 cals    7 veg/fruit  (another C List free day)
Wednesday  1532 cals    5 fruit/veg  (and another no C list)
     average  1668 cals   

Brambling

Izadora said:: 

Brambling I love the wagon of lost treats!!   Chocolate that's past its use by date? Sorry, I'm not sure I understand the concept. Sorry yesterday was stressy and I hope that today's less rubbish than anticipated.

 +1lb this week which demonstrates OOD chocolate is more calories and causes you to gain weight  unfortunately things will get more stressful in the next few weeks so I'm going to have to find another way to deal with things 🤔

ditty1234

Today
eat healthy meals
snack on cucumber and carrot
go for a long walk
not eat a slice of choc cake from neighbours daughters wedding
possibly even go for a run, I need my energy back
Stay clear of treats falling off waggons everybody, it could damage your midriff :-)